Women in the European Union still earn, on average, around 11% less per hour than men. The gender pay gap shows that equality in the labour market has yet to be achieved. On International Equal Pay Day, the message is clear: women’s work is not @EPP @balancingWoMen https://t.co/EDkzciBhOf #EqualPay #GenderEquality #WomenInWork #EU
"Women, on average, report higher job satisfaction compared to men." According to the situational perspective, women should report lower levels of job satisfaction than men because they are disproportionately employed in lower-quality jobs. Contrary to this prediction, #JobSatisfaction #GenderEquality #WomenInWork #Therearenospecificcountrycodesassociatedwiththecontentofthetweetprovided.
Fun fact from James Gleick’s The Information: the first telephone operators were teenage boys, but so unruly they were replaced by women. So the switchboard became one of the first big white collar jobs for women. #History #WomenInWork #Telecommunications #Nospecificcountrycodescanbeidentifiedfromthetweetprovided.
The article reports on a significant rise in the gender pay gap in Brazil, with women's average starting salaries in 2025 being 14.3% lower than men's, a slight increase from 13.7% in 2023, despite an 11% increase in women's participation in the formal job market and a 29% rise for Black women, highlighting ongoing challenges in achieving salary equality and the economic implications of such disparities. #GenderEquality #WageGap #WomenInWorkforce
